Washboard.



will n e-N. 851,110. l PATENTBD APR. 2a. 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO. 13, 1906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE. ANDREW wE-rslsm CLEVELAND, onro.

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Specincation of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23,l 1907'.`

l Application filed December 13, 1906. Serial No. 347.624.

To alt whom t may concern:

. Be it known that I, ANDREW WErss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of 0h10, haveinvented new and useful Im.

provements in Washboards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washboards and has for its object to provideimproved means for preventing water from running behind kthe face plateof theboard, and also for preventing the collection of dirt between thelface late and back;

A urther object of the invention is to provide improved means forholding the top edge of the corrugated face plate, so Ias to preventpossible injury to the hands of the 4-4, Fig. 3.

Referring specificallyto the drawings, the frame o f the Washboardconsists of side pieces 6, a head board 7, a top rail 8, and a bottombar 9, all secured together .by nailing or dove-tailing or in any othersuitablemanner. The` feet of the side pieces are preferably rounded asindicated at 1.0 so as to have no sharp corners to tear the clothes andto allow the board to be more easily moved around.

The inner sides or faces of the side pieces`6 are grooved to receive theedges ofthe corru-V gated metal faceplate 11, and also recessed ormortised at the ends of said groove to receive the ends of the bottombar 9 and a top bar 12, which latter is located just below the loweredge of the head board 7. The corrugated metal. plate is supported by aplurality of longitudinal back bars 13, the endsof which are set inrebates 14 in the edges of thetop and bottom bars. These bars 13 arealso supported at the middle by a middle cross bar 15 the ends of whichare set inmortises in the Aformed as stated, serves side pieces 6 andwhich have recesses at 15 f through which the lengthwise bars 13 extend.

At the upper end of the face plate 11 is a guard or retaining plateconsisting of a piece of sheet metal indicated at 16 which lies over orVupon the upper edge of `and serves to hold said plate down against thetop bar 12, the lower edge of the plate 16 being fitted into the uppercorrugation in the face plate 11 so that said edge will not catch thehands or the clothes during the act of rubbing. The side edges of theplate 16 are set in the grooves in the side pieces 6. At the top of theface plate the guard 16`is folded upon itself at 17, formlng anup-standing and .the face plate .11

outwardly projecting flange which serves to retain soap placed uponfthe`head board 7. The iiange is perforated at 18 to allow water to flowfrom the soap holder down onto the front of the board. From the flangethe plate 16 is bent to extend toward the back o'f the board and throughthe slit or space between the head board 7 and the top bar 12, and theback edge of said plate is then turned up at 19 to fit behind the board7, extending up behind said board asufficient distance to prevent waterfrom' fiowing throu h behind the head board. Any water w ich ma?r ysplash upon the front of the head board Wi be collected in the plate atthe bottom thereof-and escape through the o enings 18 onto the front ofthe face plate. his will prevent water'leaking throughthe board andwetting the clothes of the washwoman.

It will. be seenthat the plate 16, bent and to hold the upper edge ofthe corrugated face plate,v and also to. form a soa holder at the bottomof the head board, an also to form a shield which prevents leakagethrough behind the head board. The skeleton back or constructionvproduced by the bars behind the face plate prevents the collection ofdirt, asbetween the ace plate and the ordinary solid back in common use.

I claim: 1. A Washboard having a head board, a top bar below the same,with a narrow openingr therebetween, a face plate the top edge of, lateand extends behind the head board and which rests upon the bar, and aguard plate Iias a perforated flange under the said board, which lapsthe said edge of the face plate and forming a soap holder. extendsthrough said opening between the I In testimony whereof I have signed my5 lower edge of the head board and top bar and name to thisspecification in the presence of 15 up behind said board, and in contact'with the two subscribing Witnesses.

said edge and the baek of the board. ANDREW WEISS.

2. A washboard having a head board, a Witnesses: 'face plate supportedbelow the same, and a JOHN A. BOMMHARDT,

1o guard plate which laps the top of the face EDITH D. COMER.l

